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East of Nile Monorail

The East of Nile Monorail links Nasr City in Cairo to the New Administrative Capital over 56.5 km and 22 stations, running fully automated (no onboard driver) on Alstom's Cityflo 650 radio-based CBTC signalling. Commercial service began in May 2026, making it one of very few automated monorail systems operating anywhere in Africa.

Live 📅 since 2026

🤖 AI-generated summary of the sources below — how this works · 🔎 Last verified

🚲 MobilityAutonomous vehiclesPublic transport
Scale🗺️ Regional
Cost≈€2.7bn construction contract (≈€4.1bn including 30-year operation and maintenance)

📖 Terms in this entry: CBTC (communications-based train control) · Grades of Automation (GoA) · Personal rapid transit (PRT)

Sources

⏳ National Authority for Tunnels (authority) — link coming soonOfficial administrative tracking portal for major transit infrastructure projects.
↗ Wikipedia — Cairo MonorailEncyclopedia article with the full story and timeline of the project.

This overview was generated with AI from the public sources listed above and checked against them before publication. It has not had a complete human fact-check — treat it as a starting point and follow the sources.

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📎 Cite this project

1001 Smart Cities (2026). “East of Nile Monorail” — New Administrative Capital, Egypt. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/cairo-monorail-telemetry/ (last verified 2026-08-02). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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